Criticism of the theological works of Elizabeth A. Johnson by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Case study

The church is founded upon the confession of faith in the true God. For this reason orthodoxy which mean correct belief or correct praise, is for the church a very fundamental issue. And if the ortodoxy is so important, the possibility and risk of heresy occur. So it was during the history of the church, and is no different today. Through the centruries the church has changed practice regarding those who propagate unorthodox thinking. In this paper, we will be show the instance of contemporary intervention of Magisterium and we will dicuss views, which were considered as to be false. The case of Elizabeth A. Johnson, which we are going to analyze, is a fine example of how the contemporary disputes takes place between theologian and magisterium because of broad documentation of these event. For the same reason (voluminous sources) text is to be limited to referencing the views of American theologian and their assessment by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. However, we will try analyze some views of the author, which were particularly critized by bishops